Britain's Prime Minister Criticizes 'Safe Spaces'

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“We want our universities not just to be places of learning but places where there is open debate which is challenged and people can get involved in that,” Theresa May said during a weekly session in which the prime minister answers questions from members of parliament. “I think everybody is finding this concept of safe spaces quite extraordinary, frankly. We want to see that innovation of thought taking place in our universities.”

“That’s how we develop as a country, as a society, and as an economy, and I absolutely agree with my honorable friend,” May said in response to a question posed by a conservative member of parliament, Victoria Atkins.

Atkins had asked the prime minister whether she agreed with her “that university is precisely the place for lively debate and the fear of being offended must not trump freedom of speech?”